Jaguar Land Rover will announce plans early next year to cut thousands of jobs as part of a turnaround strategy, the Financial Times reported, citing several unidentified people close to the company.

The UK luxury carmaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors Ltd, will outline the measures in January as part of a three-year cost-cutting program, the report said.

Tata Motors Thursday said it will hike prices of its passenger vehicles across models by up to Rs 40,000 from January 1, 2019, to offset the impact of rising input costs and increase in fuel prices.

The company's passenger vehicles portfolio ranges from entry-level small car Nano to the premium SUV Hexa, which are currently priced between Rs 236,000 and Rs 1.797 million (ex-showroom Delhi).

New Delhi: Tata Motors Ltd, which is on a comeback trail, is betting big on its upcoming SUV Tata Harrier to place itself among the top three passenger vehicle manufacturers on a sustainable basis, a top company executive said.The company, which has been working on a strategy to revive its fortunes in the passenger vehicle (PV) segment for the last couple of years, now believes it has the products and scale to be among the leaders in the segment.

Global wholesales of all passenger vehicles in November were at 66,429 units, lower by 7 per cent from the year-ago month, Tata Motors said in a statement.

JLR sales were at 49,312 units.

Tata Motors’ compact SUV, Tata Nexon, has been awarded a full 5-star adult occupant safety rating by Global NCAP, an internationally-renowned safety accreditation body. The rating is for all variants of Nexon, the first and only car in India to achieve a full 5 stars adult safety rating from Global NCAP, the firm said.

Auto major Tata Motors is planning a large-scale overhaul of its sales network across the country over the next one year as it prepares to bring in new products, including premium SUV Harrier, a top company official Tuesday said.

The company, which plans to have all its future products on just two platforms -- Omega and Alpha, currently has around 790 dealerships across the country.

Shares of Indian automaker Tata Motors Ltd’s fell on Friday after its British unit Jaguar Land Rover said it is going to cut 500 jobs temporarily at its plant in central England.

Shares fell as much as 3.9 per cent to 170.35 rupees, their lowest level since Oct 29, in early trading session. More than 3.9 million shares changed hands by 0411 GMT, compared to the 30-day average of 15.8 million shares.

Shares of Tata Motors were down 5% at Rs 185 on the BSE after the company’s British arm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) total retail sales fell 4.6% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) at 44,282 vehicles in October.

JLR’s sales in China decreased by 49% Y-o-Y as market conditions remain challenging amid tariff changes and continued trade tensions with the US, which are impacting consumer confidence and automotive purchases.

S&P has placed homegrown auto major Tata Motors’ long-term credit rating on ‘CreditWatch’ with negative implications, reflecting the risk that credit metrics could deteriorate.

The move to place ‘BB’ long-term issuer credit rating on Tata Motors on CreditWatch with negative implication follows interim results which were weaker than expected, dragged down by Jaguar Land Rover, S&P said in a statement.

Global Rating agency Standard and Poor's ( S&P) has placed its 'BB' long-term issuer credit rating on Tata Motors Ltd on CreditWatch with negative implication.

The CreditWatch listing follows Tata Motors' announcement of half-yearly results that are below our expectation. The interim results were weaker than expected, dragged down by Jaguar Land Rover, S&P said.

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